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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

350 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 350 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF CASS TO 22 MILES       

  SOUTHWEST OF BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  1 TO 2 INCHES   

  OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM CDT. MANY ROADS            

  REMAIN IMPASSABLE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE OZARK...BRANCH...DENNING...ALTUS...CASS AND WIEDERKEHR

  VILLAGE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3574 9398 3518 9411 3542 9345 3577 9370

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